Hi All,
If we have any observers near Oceanside, CA, TiPS will be
transiting the sun from that location at about 8:56:20am
PDT on Friday morning, April 16th. The transit track heads
north-northeast from that location.
Of course, I don't even know if the TiPS tether would be
visible during a solar transit -- a contrast issue for someone
to calculate. Just thought it made for an interesting conjunction.
Here are the latest orbital elements from the NRL site (though
the checksums are no-good):
TiPS 2.5 0.0 0.0 6.3 d
1 23937U 96029F 99104.61111111 0.00001054 00000-0 12593-2 0 00000
2 23937 63.4328 326.3640 0099884 0.2222 26.7360 13.64837067102580
Cheers,
Rob